Turn Pancakes Into A Brainy Breakfast

Looks yummy, doesn’t it?! Well, it can be good for you too depending on how you work it. I am the queen of swapping ingredients in recipes. My family wants to eat flavorful food just as much as anyone else so I try to take what would be considered a “bad food” and jazz it up in the health department. Now, I don’t think pancakes should replace vegetables. But I do think a healthy lifestyle focused on whole body health (and that does include the often neglected brain) can include delicious food thought to be too naughty to consume. Try this at home:

But before you start engulfing your pancakes, know the flour can always be substituted as well. I chose this flour because in one 30-gram serving it contains the following: thiamin, niacin, vitamin B12, manganese, zinc, pantothenic acid, iron, riboflavin, vitamin B6, magnesium and phosphorus. Practically like your kid is taking a vitamin. Amazing how the right food can be so nourishing to the body.

I serve my pancakes with soft-boiled eggs and fresh raspberries or blueberries, which are known to stabilize blood sugar and improve cognition. Last but not least, we top it off at our house with organic maple syrup, which contains trace amounts of calcium and iron. No high fructose syrup here. We go for the real stuff. Remember, you don’t want to get a day’s worth of calcium from your child’s maple syrup intake. It’s still a form of sugar. So go nice and easy. Enjoy your pancakes and know with every tasty bite you are feeding your kiddos a brainy breakfast. Who knew it could feel so good to act so smart.